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Pamplin pipe bowl fragment.

Earthenware, other | Object #: 1694512

Fluted tobacco pipe bowl fragment.

Earthenware, ball clay | Object #: 1806540

This is a fragment of a white clay tobacco pipe. Clearly visible are molded flutes which would have decorated the bowl of this pipe. A similar pipe was recovered from archaeological excavations at the South Grove Midden. Smoking tobacco was an activity that permeated the lives of eighteenth cen...

Bowl fragment with stamped "WM" with botanical inside half-circle.

Earthenware, ball clay | Object #: 1806563

This is a fragment of a white clay tobacco pipe, the bowl of which is stamped with the initials “WM” inside a cartouche. Smoking tobacco was an activity that permeated the lives of eighteenth century people. Individuals as diverse as planters and enslaved laborers, men and women, adults and chi...

Tobacco pipe bowl fragment with partial stamped cartouche and W[?].

Earthenware, ball clay | Object #: 1806605

This is a fragment of a white clay tobacco pipe, the bowl of which is almost certainly stamped with the initials “WM” inside a cartouche. Smoking tobacco was an activity that permeated the lives of eighteenth century people. Individuals as diverse as planters and enslaved laborers, men and wome...